dfds, on the ferries, notably between doverand calais.panies, have cancelled seven surfaces today. also problem on the ferries across the irish sea. also railway passengers are being advised to check before they travel. scott rail for example have put speed restrictions in place on a number of lines. that of course is really busy on the roads today as well with people heading off to do christmas shopping or perhaps their christmas break to see family and friends. the weather warnings are in place for the rest of today until about 9pm. those warnings for strong winds affect all of scotland, northern ireland and wales and large parts of northern england and western england. those warnings mean they could be ongoing problems on the transport network. transport groups say the amount of traffic, the amount of people wanting to travel added with the strong winds described as a perfect storm today, which feels quite apt standing here. the weather is set to improve from tomorrow, things will be much calmer, but you a few are hoping for a white ch

dfds, one of the ferry companies, have cancelled seven services today.ave been watching the big, festive lottery draw known as el gordo — or the fat one in english. the top prize was won by ticket holders in the northern city of logronyo — where people were seen celebrating in the streets. apart from that, there are hundreds of other prizes, making el gordo one of the most exciting and widely anticipated lotteries in spain. the total prize pot this year was just over 2.8 billion dollars. 0ur corrrespondent in madrid guy hedgecoe said there are a lot of happy winners. that winning number was 72480. but it wasn'tjust one person who had the ticket with that number on it. there were hundreds of people holding that winning ticket, so nearly 800 million euros in jackpot money was handed out to people who had that ticket. a lot of them were up in the northern town of logrono. so there were celebrations up there on the streets of logrono. other people who had that winning ticket were here in madrid. there was a basketball club here in madrid, many of whose membe